Religious Liberty in America: The First Amendment in Historical and Contemporary Perspective

Dedication

This book is dedicated to Professor Rowland A. “Tony” Sherrill (1944–2003), longtime Chair and Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis. Professor Sherrill’s lectures on American civil religion and “Understanding People of Faith” served as the inspiration for this book. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. —The Religious Liberty Clauses of the First Amendment ...